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    Shunyata Venom XLRs

    In my nearly 30 years in pro audio, both in a professional and non-professional capacity, the only time I’ve ever seen a connector fail in regular, non-abusive use (meaning it wasn’t damage by some event like a truck running over it), it has always been a female XLR of the type in question. So...
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    Shunyata Venom XLRs

    Nope – never heard of either company before today. I’m glad Shunyata weighed in and it’s good to know they stand behind their product. That said, anytime you see a connector like that it's a cause for concern, unless you can be assured otherwise. Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    Shunyata Venom XLRs

    I wouldn’t touch the Venoms, no matter how good they may sound. Their XLRs look pretty, but are substandard. As described in this post, the female is a poor design, similar to cheap cables offered by Monoprice and Hosa, that I’ve seen fail time and time again. By contrast, the...
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    Yes, thanks for the file, Ray. It looks pretty much like the one for my ECM-8000, as well as other ECMs I’ve seen. Fitz, do you have any other mics to reference for us? When you said the measurement-mic calibration curves you’d seen were virtually the same for 0° and 90° I was hoping you...
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    I’d be interested in seeing those, if you could point me to them – thanks. Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    I’ve heard this a lot, but remain unconvinced as to the “importance” of the reflected sound that the mic would capture at 90°, as far as meaningful measurements are concerned. Beyond that it seems like a bad idea. For starters, a 90° measurement isn’t going to capture reflections from walls...
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    If a system (that doesn’t have reasonably linear response to start with) sounds worse after equalizing, then the equalizing wasn’t done correctly. That goes for manual as well as auto-EQ platforms. "Before" and "after" measurements, I'm confident, would show the problems with the poorly-done...
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    The room can make a difference as well. Since measurement mics become increasingly directional the higher up the frequency range you go, a 90° calibration file (quite naturally) boosts the high end to compensate for the droop in response you’d get with the mic pointing up. It’s common for...
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    You certainly have a point. Personally, I expect that I could hear the anomalies in response in many of the graphs above, and perhaps would pass over those speakers. However... Well yes, in some ways the mic can indeed “hear” the same way you do. If the measurement mike shows a wide honkin’...
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    Redefine your budget room EQ 'flat' target curve to Harman's pro curve

    And yet, from what I see in reviews, speakers rarely ever deliver flat response above 200 Hz, even relatively expensive ones. Are we to believe a little electronic correction wouldn’t yield an improvement in sound quality? (Graphs courtesy of Sound and Vision Magazine.) Bryston Mini-A...
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    Cable Management

    The “keep power and signal cables separate” idea is certainly not bad advice, but it’s not practical in my situation so my cables are a hot mess, too. In spite of that, my system is dead silent. If you get noise in your system from poor cable management, then your signal cables have an...
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    "It's hell getting old" part 3

    I have at least 3-4 copies of Basia’s Sweetest Illusion CD. I remember losing my first copy so I bought a second one, and then later found the first. But I have no idea how or why I got the others. Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    How to Solder: An Illustrated DIY Guide to Making Your Own Cables

    Nope, never have done that. I prefer shielded cable, so that pretty much precludes any DIY. Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    How to Solder: An Illustrated DIY Guide to Making Your Own Cables

    Y’know, you’re the first one who’s ever claimed they did that after reading that article. Cool! As I mentioned, I use a 10-watt iron on the rare occasions I do any board work. I have no idea what the temperature is. I guess you’re trying to figure out how that translates to the new...
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    How to Solder: An Illustrated DIY Guide to Making Your Own Cables

    Great info Amir, I need to go back and mention that in the article. The consumer-grade Weller station I’m using now is I think 10 years old, or maybe even older. I haven’t had any problems with it but I sure hope Weller’s “time” expired sometime after I purchased it! :) Regards, Wayne A...
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    How to Solder: An Illustrated DIY Guide to Making Your Own Cables

    For the rare occasions that I do any board work, I have a small 10-watt iron with a small, thin tip. Weller of course. :) Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    Part 5: Dropping Wire in a Wall With Insulation Insulation inside the wall presents yet another installation challenge, but like most others it’s mainly a matter of knowing how to deal with it. In this installment we’ll cover two common in-wall insulation scenarios: dropping wiring from the...
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    Part 4: Running Wire From Baseboards up to Wall-Mounted Speakers Another common retro-wiring challenge is getting speaker wires in the wall to wall-mounted speakers, from inside the room. This is often the case if you have carpeted floors. Carpet is great all around for home theaters. It...
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    Part 3: Dealing with Inaccessible Places in the Attic Getting the wiring from point A to B – that’s the challenge In many homes there may be an inaccessible section of the attic that you need to run a wire through. For instance, let’s say your family room has a cathedral ceiling, and...
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    Part 2: Dealing with a Cross Brace in the Wall Cross braces are the bane of the installer’s existence. Okay, maybe one of many banes! :) Unfortunately, there’s no way around it, a cross brace will require putting holes in the wall if you intend to get a wire below it. There is at...
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    Prep the pull string and wiring Before we go to back up to the attic, we have to properly prepare our pull string and bundle of cables. So, first prep the pull string by tying one end to the small chain. The chain primarily serves to weight the string, so it will easily drop into the wall...
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    Getting started: Checking for obstructions in the wall and attic To begin, it’s helpful to know how an interior wall is constructed. As you can see from the picture below, there really isn’t much to a wall. Just some upright 2” x 4” studs all held together by a top plate and a bottom...
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    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater

    How to: In-Wall Wiring for Your Home Theater Part 1: Instructions for Dropping Wiring In-Wall From an Attic Part 2: Dealing with a Cross Brace in the Wall Part 3: Dealing with Inaccessible Places in the Attic Part 4: Running Wire From Baseboards up to Wall-Mounted Speakers Part 5...
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    RBH Speakers ?

    Yeah, not a common brand for sure. If I recall, they’ve gotten good reviews in Sound and Vision. Have you ever heard them? Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    Room Measurement Tutorial for Dummies Part 1

    Microstrip, I know you're going to hate me, but… http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/spl-meters-mics-calibration-sound-cards/67086-emm-6-need-calibration.html#post607557 Regards, Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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    Review: Yamaha YDP2006 Digital Parametric Equalizer

    As always, thanks for the kind words Amir. However, I expect it’s more than most people will want to read, as NorthStar indicated. That said, anyone who gets one will hopefully appreciate learning the “ins and outs” that you don’t fully get from the manual. I have no idea how to do that. As...
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    Review: Yamaha's YDP2006 Digital Parametric Equalizer

    Please direct questions and comments to the Yamaha YDP2006 Discussion Thread.
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    Review: Yamaha's YDP2006 Digital Parametric Equalizer

    POSTSCRIPT Summary Is the YDP2006 a worthwhile improvement over the ever-popular BFD? For subwoofers, probably only if you really hate the Behringer’s looks and/or want something easier to use, and don’t mind taking the time to seek one out or paying the extra expense. But for full-range...
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    Review: Yamaha's YDP2006 Digital Parametric Equalizer

    SUBJECTIVE USE AND LISTENING EVALUATION Subwoofer Use The astute reader may have noticed that I have repeatedly said that the Yamaha’s filters can be set for “virtually” any frequency. It’s here we see a downside to digital parametric equalizers compared to analog: They can only set...
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    Review: Yamaha's YDP2006 Digital Parametric Equalizer

    PUBLISHED SPECIFICATIONS, ROOM EQ WIZARD MEASUREMENTS, AND GENERAL OPERATION Published Performance Specifications It’s a bit hard to do a point-by-point comparison of the Yamaha’s specifications to the Behringer’s, since they don’t use the same technical standards. Despite its 20-bit...

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